*Canton Lights*
Fuji XT3
The most famous Canton Lights are of course those of the Canton Tower at night, but my 2 1/2 weekend there didn’t give me an opportunity to be at the right place and the right time to capture that. Instead I roamed the streets by day and by dusk and captured different kinds of night lights. Love the neon vibe here.
*On a Call*
Spotmatic F + Ilford Pan F
This is another fauxpan. I liked this photo, but there was something about those wide expanses of white (Pan F is contrasty…) that just didn’t work. Reframed 65×24 I find it so much more powerful…
*The Weight of Love*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
This is a shot of something you will no longer be able to see : the padlocks attached to various pedestrian bridges in Pairs (here the Pont de l’Archevéché) have been removed. They were supposed to symbolise the love of the couples attaching them, but they ended up weighing down the bridges so much that they represented a safety concern. I hope that’s not symbolic of love in general. Anyway, for this photo I have done what I like to call a fauxpan, ie. resizing a standard 24×36 shot to the 24×65 XPAN format.
*Goblin Haunting*
Spotmatic F + Ilford Pan F
This shot is probably my earliest street photography win, and it was done on a manual film camera. I started film so I could join the printing club in my local time (I needed negatives to learn printing) and so I purchased a cheap but renowned film camera for beginners and went about shooting. This was one of my earliest prints and cemented my love for Ilford Pan F. Why « Goblin Haunting » ? Look at the shape of the shadow…
*Trinité*
Spotmatic F + Ilford Pan F
The Church of the Trinité near St Lazare is one of my favourite Parisian monuments. I always felt it had a little bit of a moghul palace look, something Indian in the spire. Parts of it have been covered in wraps for years now, but this photo was taken in my early days of film photography in 2012, when it was still visible.
*Redbus Jam*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Kodak Portra 160
There are certain cities that can be expressed through specific visual elements that you know everyone will associate with said cities. London’s red buses are one such visual clue to where you are, so imagine when there’s 6 buses in front of you and you have colour film loaded in the XPAN…
*Dwarfed*
Fuji XT3
One thing that I find fascinating with religion in Asia is how much a part of everyday life it is. People will stop by on their way home for a quick prayer. In Europe, it’s so much more ceremonial and occasional. Anyway, it was interesting to capture how small one feels when standing in front of the huge lantern at Sensoji.
*Pont des Arts*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Agfa CT 100
I had initially planned to do a long exposure shot of the Pont des Arts to capture the cloudtrails, but when I saw the massive (and ugly) iPhone advert in front of a building being renovated I decided against it. Still, I took an eye level shot, and the Agfa CT 100 slide did its usual magic : great colours in the sky, capturing that violet tinge of the stormy clouds, and the sharp Institut de France on the other side… This works !
*Checking Your Social Media*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Kodak Portra 160
I had a meeting near Fitroy Square in London, and since I was a little early I decided to check out said square. The facades were very British (well, very posh British) and as I prepared to shoot (perfect alignment for the XPAN), this guy walks out in a white t-shirt and starts clicking on his phone. Perfect.
*Luxembourg in the Sun*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Kodak Portra 160
I have never loved Paris as much as since I don’t live there anymore. When I go back there I’m free to see the good (and it is a beautiful city) without the bad. I carried the XPAN with me the three days I was there recently, and got some really great shots (I think). I particularly liked how the subdued colours of the Portra 160 worked on this shot of the Luxembourg palace.
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